as per now you must have china bank card to tie with alipay in order to conduct any transaction. same goes to wechat. yeah.. new law.

Will be in Shanghai from 1 - 3 Jan and 4 - 6 Jan in Hangzhou. I know it will be cold but wondering if you have any idea how cold will it be?

Today news - Alipay ewallet new feature available for foreigners. Its call Tour Pass and min top up just 100 yuan.

Thats really a great news for me as I'm going to China again next year. Previously need to find shopee seller to reload, its more convenient now.

Great news. Found an article on how to set it up and make it work...

https://theshutterwhale.com/blog/2019/11/5/...it-up-right-now

Sibei cold. Even in early April, temp can go as low as 5 deg cel in the day time! Prepare lots of lotion, your skin will be damn dry! Hangzhou in my experience is not as cold as sha but will still be Beri cold to most Malaysian.

Just use Digi roaming, no need VPN

tour pass available for Alipay. change the Alipay app to international region (everything will be in English) or just search for "tourpass", topup using local Msia credit card, first time need to snap photo of china visa, and the balance would show up in the tourpass prepaid card. (balance not in Alipay wallet balance) - max RMB 2000
paying shud be the same like using alipay, option below the qr would be tourpass prepaid.
website claim any unuse credit will b credit back to the original credit card in 90 days.

personally had topup the tourpass, since goin to Hangzhou next week. very fast. Not sure the exchange rate, currently Bank of Shanghai, the bank which manage the tourpass is charging 0% til Dec 2019, so only pay for exchange rate by mastercard/ visa.

in the other thread ewallet in lowyat there are report ppl start using the tourpass, exactly as ez as alipay

If so, I might really need some very warm clothing as many said it is coldest in January

wow this is a very good!
wondering if we need data to scan? if yes can we use shared/hotstop data to do so?

do feedback after you trip

When I was in China a couple of weeks ago, I heard that you need an internet connection (data) for this to work, as any payment you authorise after scanning the QR code needs to go back to the Alipay server for release of your funds to the vendor.

I guess need to carry hotspot or have a roaming SIM for this to work then. Small price to pay for ease of financial transactions in the future hopefully without any hassles.

Any non-China residents with a report about using WeChat Pay in China ?

Not need to do any settings on phone? Just turn on roaming and mobile data?

Yes....FAQ is at

maxis roaming and celcom roaming no block fb and whatsapp too.

In china now. Using alipay like China people. The only issue is the cap at 2k rmb. Else I plan to use it more

Have U tried to top up multiple times after finished up that 2k rmb i.e 2k+2k +2k ....?

why is it so troublesome to spend money in china?
they don't accept cash and they make it difficult to go cashless

any other way?

yes...i ise tourpass and multiple top up...quiet convenient...just scan qr code and all is done.
only issue isue need data

multiple top up of 2k rmb?

O.. i check my Max to top up..

Balance left 1500

It was written i can top up another 500..
Nice.. but yet to do so. Wait until I not enough money first.

I using mixing both cash and alipay